Queen Elizabeth II poses with construction workers during the official opening of the refurbished Reading Train Station facilities west of London.

They've been working on the railroad:

Queen Elizabeth II poses with construction workers during the official opening of the refurbished Reading Train Station facilities west of London.

Photo: Ben Gurr, AFP/Getty Images

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Surely you joust:

Eight-year-old Pierce Davis waits for a jousting partner at a knight-themed Cub Scouts camp in Robstown, Texas. The boys learned about chivalry, respect, courage, rescuing damsels in distress and the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

Stuffed animals overrun a vessel floating down the Huangpu River in Shanghai in the installation "The Ninth Wave" by Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang. The artwork, consisting of an old fishing boat laden with plushy animals, was inspired by last year's incident in which 16,000 dead pigs were found floating down the Huangpu.

The Rev. Oscar Siordia submerges an artificial rose in holy water while blessing each resident of Happy Hearts Adult Day Care during the Quinceañeras de la tercera edad, or third-age celebration, at Villa Del Sol Apartments in Brownsville, Texas.

Michigan's Genesee County is hunting feral felines like this black cat so they can be captured, neutered and then released.

Good for the cat population, not so good for the bird population:

Michigan's Genesee County is hunting feral felines like this black cat so they can be captured, neutered and then released.

Photo: Jake May, Associated Press

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Her new home next to the dump:

A Roma child sits amongst her family's belongings at a container settlement outside the Black Sea costal town of Eforie, Romania. Local authorities relocated eight Roma families, including 19 small children, from a building they were using as shelter in Eforie to the container settlement outside the city limits. Human rights organizations immediately protested the move, as it lacks running water and electricity, and sits next the a garbage dump.

as she watches the funeral of Rani Abu Tawila, a Palestinian killed in an Israeli attack, from the window of a house in Gaza city. Israel warned it could broaden a Gaza ground assault aimed at smashing Hamas' network of cross-border tunnels.